Agenda

James Larmer is a global leader in advanced data and analytics and AI. He helps drive the expansion of Bain & Company’s Advanced Analytics capabilities in Australia and Asia Pacific, taking Bain’s strategic investments in digital transformation, intelligent automation, analytics and AI to the next level.

James is a leading analytics and AI expert with over 25 years’ experience in building and leading advanced data and analytics teams and delivering tech-enabled digital transformation business initiatives for Fortune 100 enterprises in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. James has spent his career helping clients rapidly identify and capture value and actionable insights from disparate and fragmented data.

Prior to joining Bain, James helped PwC grow their data and analytics capabilities globally, most recently, as PwC’s US AI Leader and Southeast Asia Data & Analytics Leader. Prior to that he helped grow Visa Advisory Services and Visa Analytics out of San Francisco.

James has spent his career helping clients rapidly identify and capture value and actionable insights from disparate and fragmented data. His clients span financial services, telecommunications, technology, mining, healthcare and retail and consumer sectors.

A graduate of University of Sydney (Economics and Law), James completed his Masters at Columbia University in New York.

Peter Hind has spent the last 25 years as an analyst and commentator on the ICT industry. He says his primary areas of interest are the potential of technology to transform the way organisations operate, the change management obstacles executives encounter in realising this potential and the tactics and techniques leaders have deployed to overcome these difficulties.

Peter now takes on multiple roles within ADAPT including the moderation of private events and roundtables, interviewing business executives about the strategies they are pursuing and assisting with the structuring of our delegate surveys and the interrogation and analysis of ADAPT’s treasure trove of end-user and C-level data

Linda has over 30 years of local and international experience as a Digital Disruptor and Enterprise Transformation Architect, Chief Operations Officer, Chief Information Officer, Program Director and various specialist levels across a range of industries including defence, finance and government.

Linda combines her extensive experience in technology transformation, program management and executive positions to architect change and lead organisations in enterprise digital transformation by creating progressive end-to-end ecosystems for delivery in the digital economy.

In addition, Linda holds a number of board positions and is undertaking a PhD and research projects with UNISA, researching leadership in the digital economy. An energetic outcome focused leader, Linda has a high degree of enthusiasm and performance drive. She is passionate about bringing about operational excellence and improving all stakeholders’ experiences.

I am passionate about enabling organisations to innovate through ideas, people and technology. My authentic outcomes-oriented leadership style inspires and empowers people to “keep calm a do useful things better” – delivering successful outcomes and award-worthy results year-on-year.

In executive roles I have a successful track record of leading teams to execute transformative and sustainable change in complex situations and at large scale. In strategy and advisory roles I am acknowledged by my peers to be a creative, quietly powerful, thought leader and an inspirational public speaker.

I joined Victoria Police as its Chief Digital Officer in April. Previously I was the CIO of Victoria’s health and human services departments from 2014-2022.

My digital transformation work in health and human services delivered compelling outcomes year-on-year and uniquely received recognition in the top 10 of the Australian CIO50 each year for 5 years – culminating in a CIO50 Hall of Fame award in 2022. I am a Fellow of IPAA Victoria, was the Champion of the Australian TechDiversity Awards in 2018 and was the ITNews State & Local Government CIO of the Year in the 2017.

I am proud to have led my teams to awardable outcomes and am proactive about ensuring that my people are recognised for their achievements. Two of my leadership team members were awarded Public Service Medals in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and others have won a range of industry awards – including State Government project of the year in the 2019 IT News Benchmark Awards, a National AIIA iAward in 2019, an IPAA Victoria Top50 Women award and winner of the Service Delivery category in the 2016 IPAA Public Sector Leadership Awards.

Before DHHS I was global Chief Analyst Public Sector for the UK research and advisory firm Ovum for 8 years. Prior to this I was the Director eGovernment Strategy & Policy and Deputy CIO of the Victorian State government in Melbourne for 4 years.

In earlier times I founded and sold an e-commerce company, movinghome.com.au, and worked in a range of executive and consulting roles in the government and utility sectors in Europe and Australasia.

I am a graduate of the ANZSOG Executive Fellows program and the AICD Company Directors course and have a doctorate in Management Studies from the University of Oxford and a 1st class honours degree in Commerce from the University of Otago in New Zealand.

In my 20s I worked as a search & rescue mountaineer at Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand.

Finbar is an Futurethinker an Imagineer, Inventor, Entrepreneur and Coac with over 30 + years experience in creating and commercialising innovations in the technology, media and arts sector.

As an Imagineer and SME he helps others understand human capabilities, particularly when they relate to future thinking, creativity and innovation
As an inventor he has been granted 16 Patents in relation to cutting edge technologies covering Music, Video, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and AI (Children’s Learning and Entertainment).

As an Entrepreneur has started and run many businesses one being acquired and listed on the ASX called Linius.

As a musician he has toured globally and recorded and played with members of bands such as Limp Bizkit and the Cure, Scored music for film and Television and released a number of instrumental albums.

Finbar is the APAC president of GInI, the Global Innovation institute (USA), a Certified Innovation Professional and Certified Chief Innovation Officer.

Finbar is the Australian subject Matter Expert for Creativity, part of Capability.co.

He works across Australia delivering programs aimed at uplifting Hi (Human Intelligence) so it can effectively harness the power of Ai (Artificial Intelligence).

Fifteen years ago, Simon was one of the founding members of Rio Tinto Iron’s internal scenario planning team. The team was tasked with developing long-range scenarios to help key decision-makers understand global iron ore demand over a 10+ year time horizon. This information was used to guide billion-dollar investment decisions, including the construction of new mines, railroads, and port facilities.

Over the last decade, Simon has applied his extensive real-world experience in scenario planning and futures thinking to help countless business leaders make better big decisions.

Now, with so many organisations facing unprecedented levels of uncertainty, Simon has shifted his focus to supporting key decision-makers to develop the mindsets, tools, and techniques that futurists use to think their way through uncertainty.

Simon also recently published his third book, ‘The Scenario Planning Guide: How Scenario Planning Can Be Used to Align Thinking, Stimulate Ideas, and Overcome the Inertia of Uncertainty’.

Lucy is the Co-Founder and CEO of NOBL, a culture change organizational design firm. She believes in building legendary cultures and helps her clients operationalize their wildest ambitions. She embodies a bias-to-action, using her experience in operations, human resources, and organizational strategy to drive meaningful and lasting change. Previously, she was a VP at the fashion house Rag & Bone, an advisor to the global digital studio ustwo, and partner at Undercurrent, a leading digital consultancy.

Liz is an Associate Principle at NOBL, a global organisational design firm born in the US with a new office in Sydney. She’ll break down what leaders can do to create and retain a high-performing team, drawing on her experience in operations, human resources, and organisational strategy to drive meaningful and lasting change.